Dysphonia

//dɪsˈfəʊ.ni.ə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A difficulty in producing vocal sounds. countable, uncountable

    "In patients with spasmodic dysphonia, the current treatment that is most commonly offered is by selective injection of botulinum toxin (BOTOX) into the most affected muscles."

  2. 2
    speech disorder attributable to a disorder of phonation wordnet

Synonyms

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croakcrowdysphasiafalsettoharshnesshiss

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"In patients with spasmodic dysphonia, the current treatment that is most commonly offered is by selective injection of botulinum toxin (BOTOX) into the most affected muscles."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “ill, hard”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”), equivalent to dys- + -phonia.

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